Automobile bumper



T. MIYAGL AUTOMOBILE BUMPER.

APPLICATION man JAN. 11, 1921.

1,412,212, Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

Taken. Miya'gi,

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AWTGMUBILE EUIBILEEEFL Application filed anuary 11, 1921. Serial 1%.

To (123 whom it may concern:

Be it known that "i, Tense 'llliIYAGI, a sub'ect of the Emperor of Japan. residing at Vaipahu, in the Territory of Hawaii, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile Bumpers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is the provision of an improved construction of automobile bumper through the medium of which an automobile clutch may be disconnected and the brake of the automobile applied when the movable member of the bumper is pressed rearwardly by contact with an object.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings. forming part hereof Figure l is a side elevation, partlvin section, of my improvement.

Figure 2 is a broken front elevation illustrative of the improvement.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section taken through one of the tubular holders of the improvement. and showing the parts that cooperate with said tubular holder.

M improvement is applied to the for- War chassis portions 1 of an automobile to which springs 2 are also connected in the ordinary well known manner.

Among other elements my improvement comprises tubular holders 3. These holders are provided with heel portions 4 that straddle the-chassis-portions 1 as best. shown in Figures 1 and 3;. and are connected to the saidchassis portions through the medium of shackles 5. The bolts 6 through the medium of which the springs 2 are connected with the chassis portions 1 are arranged about the proportional distance illustrated in rear of the transverse bolts 7 which are carried by the rear portions of the holders 3.

l ulcrumed on the outer portions of the bolts 7 are vertically swinging levers B the lower arms of which are designed to be ohnerted by rods 9 with "the ciutch and the brakes of an automobile in the st-rdinary well known manner or in any other on proved manner so that disconnection ol the clutch and application of the brakes will specification of Letters Patent.

attend the forward movement of the said lever arms. v The movable member of bumper coinprises a forward transverse i0 prefer abiy of channel form in cross section, and piston. portions 1.1. The transverse bar 10 is seated in transverse bifurcations .12 in the forward ends of the iston portions 11 and is connected thereto t rougo the medium of set screws 13. Slightly in rear of the said bifurcations 12 the piston portions 11 are provided with transverse bolts 1%,. and pivotally connected to and interposed between the transverse bolts 1% and the upper arms or" the levers 8. are links The rear port-ions of the piston portions 11 are tubular as indicated by 16 to receive coil srrings 12: which are housed in the piston portions 11 -and the tubular holders 3 and are interposed between the same as best snown Figure 3. hianitestly the s irings 17 will adequately cushion the movabie member the bumper when the transverse bar to br ngs up against no object in its path, and said springs will. also serve to restore the movable member to its normal projected position. it will also be apparent that when the movable member of the bumper is pushed rearwaruly by an object in its path. the levers8 will be rocked clockwise with the result that the cluteh will be disconnected and the brakes of the auto.- mobile applied in the manner before indicated.

As will be understood from the foregoing my improvement is simple and compact in construction and efficient in operation, and in addition the improvement is susceptihie of ready application to an automobiie and is not liable'to, detract in any measure from the finished appearance of the automobiie.

Having described my invention. what I claim and desire to secure by iictters-lt atent, is:--

An automobile bumper comprising tubular holdershaving heels shaped to straddie and be opposed and connected to the torward ends ot forward chassis portio ns.,s lhoiders extending straight 't'orvard .mn said chassis portions. levers fulcrumed intermediate points in their lengths on said holders and each having;- arms one of. which is adapted to be connected with a clutch and brake1 tubular piston portions sheathed the tnbular holders and having transverse bifurca tions in their forward ends,'springs housed in the said piston portions and the tubular holders and interposed between the same, 5 transverse bolts carried b and extending laterally outward links interposed from sai piston portions, between Said bolts of the piston portions and the other arms of the levers. and a transverse lmr connecting the forward ends of the pist on portions, said 10 

